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GRADE 11 MATHS INVESTIGATION TERM 1 Jan 2020

1. The document provides a mathematics investigation for Grade 11 students consisting of 3 investigations involving exponents, surds, and quadratic equations. 2. Students are instructed to complete all investigations, showing their work and writing neatly. Investigation 1 involves stating exponent rules and solving equations using exponents. Investigation 2 covers stating surds rules and rationalizing and solving surds equations. Investigation 3 requires determining values of m for equal or no real solutions of a quadratic and showing a value lies between given bounds. 3. Students will be assessed out of 50 marks total based on a rubric evaluating their understanding and solutions of exponential rules, surds rules, and solving various equations using these concepts.

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GRADE 11 MATHS INVESTIGATION TERM 1 Jan 2020

1. The document provides a mathematics investigation for Grade 11 students consisting of 3 investigations involving exponents, surds, and quadratic equations. 2. Students are instructed to complete all investigations, showing their work and writing neatly. Investigation 1 involves stating exponent rules and solving equations using exponents. Investigation 2 covers stating surds rules and rationalizing and solving surds equations. Investigation 3 requires determining values of m for equal or no real solutions of a quadratic and showing a value lies between given bounds. 3. Students will be assessed out of 50 marks total based on a rubric evaluating their understanding and solutions of exponential rules, surds rules, and solving various equations using these concepts.

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Department of

EDUCATION
CAPRICORN SOUTH DISTRICT

MATHEMATICS
INVESTIGATION

GRADE 11

School: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Learner’s Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Class…..

DUE DATE: 30 JANUARY 2020 TOTAL MARKS: 50

INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNERS
Read the following instructions carefully before answering questions.
1. Complete ALL the investigations (#1, #2 and #3)
2. Use spaces provided on each investigation sheet to answer
3. Write legibly and neatly for presentable work.

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Mathematics Investigation Grade 11 Capricorn South/Term 1 2020

INVESTIGATION # 1:

1.1 State the exponent rules and clearly explain how each rule works.

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1.2 In the following equations, solve for x (to two decimal places where necessary) and
write all the steps until the final answer.
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𝑎. 𝟓𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝟑𝒙−𝟏 = 𝟒 b. 𝟑𝒙+𝟏 ∙ 𝟓 − 𝟒 ∙ 𝟑𝒙+𝟐 = − 𝟑

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𝟐𝟒𝟐
c. 𝟑𝟐−𝒙 − 𝟑−𝒙−𝟑 = d. 𝟓𝟐𝒙+𝟒 − 𝟐𝟓𝒙−𝟏 = 𝟕𝟖 𝟏𝟐𝟎
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Mathematics Investigation Grade 11 Capricorn South/Term 1 2020

INVESTIGATION # 2

2.1 State the rules for surds.

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2.2 When we simplify surds, we often leave a square-root or cube-root in the


denominator. However, the calculator rationalizes the answer so that there is no surd in
the denominator. With that said, rationalise and also solve for x in the following:
3 3
a.
1−√2
b. √4 + 𝑥 = 3

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c. √3𝑥 2 − √12 = 0 d. √18 − 𝑥√2 = √32

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INVESTIGATION # 3

−2 ±√2𝑚+5
3.1 The solutions of a quadratic equation are given by x = . For which value(s)
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of m will this equation have?
a) Two equal solutions?

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b) No real solutions

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3.2 Show that k lies between -8 and 1 in the following inequality.
k2 + 7k ≤ 8

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TOTAL: [50]

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Mathematics Investigation Grade 11 Capricorn South/Term 1 2020

RUBRIC
Learner Name: ……………………………………………… Grade: ……
CRITERIA Rating Scale (RS) Weight Mark
1 2 3 (W) RS × W
Stating and Lack of Moderate Clear understanding
explaining understanding understanding of exponential laws ×3
the of exponential of exponential
exponential laws laws
rules
Solving No attempt or Clear and Clear and relevant
equations irrelevant relevant solutions in all ×4
using solutions with solutions in two questions and being
exponential application of or three able to write all
rules exponential equations and needed steps in all
rules to some extent questions
able to take out
a common
factor
Stating and Lack of Moderate Clear understanding ×3
explaining understanding understanding of surds rules and
surds rules of surds rules of surds rules applications
Solving surds No attempt or Clear and Clear and relevant
equations irrelevant relevant solutions in all the ×4
using surds solutions with solutions in two questions and in all
rules application of or three aspects able to
surds rules equations and write all the much
to some extent needed steps
able to write all
the relevant
steps
Solving roots Not able to Able to extract Able to extract the
of quadratic equate the root the solution and solution and solving ×2
equations to zero and correctly solved all the questions
the correct solving it one of the correctly
way questions
Appropriately Incorrect Clear and ×1
solving the simplification of correct
inequality the inequality simplification of
the inequality
GRAND TOTAL 50

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